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New Yorker Malignaggi offers Hatton a shot at his old belt with a showdown in the Big Apple
Last updated at 17:23pm on 13.12.07Paul Malignaggi has offered Ricky Hatton the chance to win back his old IBF world light-welterweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York next year.
New Yorker Malignaggi, 27, makes his first title defence against Canadian Herman Ngoudjo on January 5 and then hopes to face Hatton, who is set to return to the division following his defeat by Floyd Mayweather Jnr.
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Hatton is set to return to light-welterweight after losing to Mayweather
Malignaggi, who is offering a multi-million-pound payday, said: "I'm ready for it whenever Ricky wants to step up to the plate."
Former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor is keen on a super-middleweight showdown with Joe Calzaghe, according to the American's promoter Lou DiBella.
However, Calzaghe's promoter Frank Warren has said he is close to agreeing a deal to fight Bernard Hopkins in New York early next year.
